Dear Occupant,

The hotel you’ve been squatting in has been purchased by a major chain and the trusted concierge who let you live out of one of our lower-rate rooms has been fired.

Effective immediately.

Please gather your belongings and exit the premises.

Now for the good news.

The mayor announced today that the rate of homelessness is down 0.001% in the City of Los Angeles.

Good luck!

The Management

you and i have saved ourselves from the scorching sun / financial downpours / emotional tornadoes / sticks and stones

we have sheltered ourselves on hot summer nights / kissing like kids under mistletoe / dancing under cloudy skies with wet feet

this tattered umbrella has been our shield / our armored breastplate our testimony / our strength / our declaration that

we ain’t fair-weather folk / we the sunshine kind